My name is Christoph Fischer and this website is about my love for books I read or wrote. Within this website you will find news about my published books, news items I find worthy to share with readers and other writers and also some interview with other authors and reviews of books that I have read and that I want to recommend to you (indexed in the Recommendations section). Join me on this fascinating journey as a new author.

LUDWIKA

It’s World War II and Ludwika Gierz, a young Polish woman, is forced to leave her family and go to Nazi Germany to work for an SS officer. There, she must walk a tightrope, learning to live as a second-class citizen in a world where one wrong word could spell disaster and every day could be her last. Based on real events, this is a story of hope amid despair, of love amid loss . . . ultimately, it’s one woman’s story of survival.

THE GAMBLERS

Ben is an insecure accountant obsessed with statistics, gambling and beating the odds. When he wins sixty-four million in the lottery he finds himself challenged by the possibilities that his new wealth brings.

He soon falls under the influence of charismatic Russian gambler Mirco, whom he meets on a holiday in New York. He also falls in love with a stewardess, Wendy, but now that Ben’s rich he finds it hard to trust anyone. As both relationships become more dubious, Ben needs to make some difficult decisions and figure out who’s really his friend and who’s just in it for the money.

In Search Of A Revolution

In 1918 young Zacharias Nielsen boards a ship in Copenhagen to join the Red Guards in the Finnish Civil War. Encouraged by an idolised teacher with communist leanings, he follows the call for help from his Nordic Comrades, despite his privileged background.

His best friend, Ansgar, has opposing political ideals to Zacharias but, for his own personal reasons, finds himself soon stuck in the Scandinavian North with Zacharias and Raisa, a Finnish nurse who helps them in their new life. Through the years that follow the brotherly war the trio see the political landscape in Finland and Europe change as Communists and Fascists try to make their mark and attempt to change the world order. Our heroes must find their own personal and ideological place in these turbulent times as friendship, honour, idealism and love triangles bring out some personal truths.

The book spans almost thirty years of history and the various Finnish conflicts: Civil War, Winter War, Continuation War and the Lapland War. Watch the political and personal self discovery of characters in search of their own revolution.

The book was voted one of 50 Self-Published Books Worth Reading 2014/2015.

The Healer

When advertising executive Erica Whittaker is diagnosed with terminal cancer, western medicine fails her. The only hope left for her to survive is controversial healer Arpan. She locates the man whose touch could heal her but finds he has retired from the limelight and refuses to treat her. Erica, consumed by stage four pancreatic cancer, is desperate and desperate people are no longer logical nor are they willing to take no for an answer. Arpan has retired for good reasons. casting more than the shadow of a doubt over his abilities. So begins a journey that will challenge them both as the past threatens to catch up with him as much as with her. Can he really heal her? Can she trust him with her life? And will they both achieve what they set out to do before running out of time.

The book was voted one of 50 Self-Published Books Worth Reading 2014/2015.

Conditions

When Charles and Tony’s mother dies the estranged brothers must struggle to pick up the pieces, particularly so given that one of them is mentally challenged and the other bitter about his place within the family. The conflict is drawn out over materialistic issues, but there are other underlying problems which go to the heart of what it means to be part of a family which, in one way or another, has cast one aside. Prejudice, misconceptions and the human condition in all forms feature in this contemporary drama revolving around a group of people who attend the subsequent funeral at the British South Coast.

Time To Let Go

Time to Let Go is a contemporary family drama set in Britain.Following a traumatic incident at work Stewardess Hanna Korhonen decides to take time off work and leaves her home in London to spend quality time with her elderly parents in rural England. There she finds that neither can she run away from her problems, nor does her family provide the easy getaway place that she has hoped for. Her mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and, while being confronted with the consequences of her issues at work, she and her entire family are forced to reassess their lives.

The book takes a close look at family dynamics and at human nature in a time of a crisis. Their challenges, individual and shared, take the Korhonens on a journey of self-discovery and redemption.

The book was voted one of 50 Self-Published Books Worth Reading 2013/2014.

The Three Nations trilogy:

The Luck of the Weissensteiners

In the sleepy town of Bratislava in 1933 a romantic girl falls for a bookseller from Berlin. Greta Weissensteiner, daughter of a Jewish weaver, slowly settles in with the Winkelmeier clan just as the developments in Germany start to make waves in Europe and fascism re-draws the visible and invisible borders. The political climate in the multifaceted cultural jigsaw puzzle of disintegrating Czechoslovakia becomes more complex and affects relations between the couple and the families. The story follows them through the war with its predictable and also its unexpected turns and events and the equally hard times after.

What makes The Luck of the Weissensteiners so extraordinary is the chance to consider the many different people who were never in concentration camps, never in the military, yet who nonetheless had their own indelible Holocaust experiences. This is a wide-ranging, historically accurate exploration of the connections between social location, personal integrity and, as the title says, luck.

The book was voted one of 50 Self-Published Books Worth Reading 2012/13.

Sebastian

Sebastian is the story of a young man who has his leg amputated before World War I. When his father is drafted to the war it falls on to him to run the family grocery store in Vienna, to grow into his responsibilities, bear loss and uncertainty and hopefully find love. Sebastian Schreiber, his extended family, their friends and the store employees experience the ‘golden days’ of pre-war Vienna and the timed of the war and the end of the Monarchy while trying to make a living and to preserve what they hold dear.

The Black Eagle Inn

The Black Eagle Inn is an old established restaurant and part of a family farm business in the sleepy Bavarian countryside outside of Heimkirchen. Childless Anna Stockmann has fought hard to make it her own and keep it running through WWII. The family is divided by rivalry between family members since her own youth but at the heart of this story one of Anna’s nephews, Markus, owns her heart and another nephew, Lukas, owns her ear, while her husband Herbert is still missing-in-action.

Religion dictates life in Heimkirchen’s enclosed Catholic community that was almost unaffected by the fighting in the war. Anna’s brother Hans-Ulrich is involved in the church as well as in post war party politics. He finds that the new generation, his own off spring, are not functioning as well as the older one would like. Bitter conflicts arise in the new forming Germany and the family members all need to decide how to respond to the challenges ahead.

How does a Nation recover from its collective shame, how does it rebuild itself into a modern state and deal with its horrendous past and the difficult path ahead? Restructuring of the political landscape & the influence of religion are strong themes in this historical family saga & post war drama set in Germany 1940 – 1976.

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Book reviews:

Celebrations are in order. I’m now the proud owner of a Reader’s Favorite 5 Star Seal! https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/ludwika “LudwikaA Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany” by Christoph Fischer Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite Ludwika: A Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany is an historical novel written by Christoph Fischer. The […]

I’m delighted to share the first reviews for my new novel Ludwika: Couldn’t stop reading this, December 14, 2015 This review is from: Ludwika: A Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany (Kindle Edition) Ludwika: A Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany by Christoph Fischer starts with an introduction to […]

“Ludwika: A Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany” has been released today Blurb: It’s World War II and Ludwika Gierz, a young Polish woman, is forced to leave her family and go to Nazi Germany to work for an SS officer. There, she must walk a tightrope, learning to live as a second-class citizen […]

“Ludwika: A Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany” (my new historical novel) is now available for pre-order and will be released on Dec 14th In order to present the book in London at the Kensington Christmas Book Fair in London, December 12th this year I have released the paperback version already.Available at the CreateSpace eStore: […]

I’m thrilled to have reached this milestone with my mental health drama Conditions – just as I’m in the final stages of editing the sequel Conditioned. Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed the book. 4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing story on September 2, 2015 I once again enjoyed reading a story written […]

Recent News

The last week has been very busy for me – not only on my blog but also elsewhere. The Venture Galleries featured my thriller THE HEALER with a sampler http://venturegalleries.com/blog/tuesday-sampler-the-healer-by-christoph-fischer/ peachyinsights warmly reviewed THE LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS https://peachysinsights.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/book-review-the-luck-of-the-weissensteiners-by-christoph-fischer The wonderful Suzanne Jenkins featured me on her blog with an interview Meet Christoph Fischer-Transporting Us […]

Celebrations are in order. I’m now the proud owner of a Reader’s Favorite 5 Star Seal! https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/ludwika “LudwikaA Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany” by Christoph Fischer Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite Ludwika: A Polish Woman’s Struggle To Survive In Nazi Germany is an historical novel written by Christoph Fischer. The […]

I’ve been somewhat quiet of late on here about my own books and projects, and I was so for a good reason. Organising The Llandeilo Book Fair has taken up a lot of my time and I shall be getting even busier in the next few weeks in the run up to the event, promoting it in […]

Over one month on since my free promotion of Ludwika and the book is still in the biographical charts and the reviews are still coming in. I woke up to a staggering 10 new reviews on Amazon. Thanks to the reviewers for taking the time to let others know how they felt about the book. […]

LUDWIKA: A POLISH WOMAN’S STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE IN NAZI GERMANY IS #FREE ON AMAZON: UNTIL JANUARY 22. GO GET IT! Blurb: It’s World War II and Ludwika Gierz, a young Polish woman, is forced to leave her family and go to Nazi Germany to work for an SS officer. There, she must walk a tightrope, learning […]